title: Epidemiology and management of lymphoma in low-income countries.
abstract: Our current knowledge of the epidemiology and treatment outcome of lymphoma in low-income countries is very limited. In the poorest countries only a small proportion of patients have access to treatment while clinical research is almost non-existent. In order to address these problems and discuss potential solutions a Workshop on 'Epidemiology and Management of Lymphoma in Developing Countries: Challenges and Opportunities for International Collaborations' was held during the 10th International Conference on Malignant lymphoma in Lugano, Switzerland in June 2008 under the sponsorship of UICC, ESMO and ESO. We report here a summary of the discussed issues with some reflections on this workshop.
authors.affiliation: IOSI, Oncology Institute of Southern Switzerland, Ospedale San Giovanni, Bellinzona, Switzerland. emanuelezucca@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Emanuele
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Zucca
authors.forename: Ama
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rohatiner
authors.forename: Ian
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Magrath
authors.forename: Franco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Cavalli
mesh_terms: D035843:Biomedical Research; D003906:Developing Countries; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male